Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Finally, I come to the issue of the Garda headquarters. It is great to see that the new venue is open. The new accommodation is open as of last year at a cost in the region of €86 million. We discussed this in the past. I made the point to the Minister of State that the OPW was planning for a property that was of insufficient capacity to house the Garda. The Minister of State made the point that that was not the case. We now believe that the OPW has had to take over the Intreo office in Cabra from the Department of Social Protection to house Garda staff due to insufficient space in the new headquarters. There is quite a bit of local annoyance in relation to this. There are other questions in relation to how this new Garda headquarters was planned when there was need for additional capacity and space within the headquarters. I would appreciate it if the Minister of State could elaborate on this.